Animal, Plant, and Microbial Toxins

IV. Chemistry (Snakes and Scorpions).- The Isolation, Properties, and Amino Acid Sequence of Laticauda semifasciata III, a Weak and Reversible Neurotoxin of a Sea Snake, Laticauda semifasciata. Venom.- Structural Studies of the Toxic Components from Naja naja oxiana Venom.- Structural Nature of Presynaptic Neurotoxins from the Venoms of the Australian Tiger Snake, Notechis scutatus scutatus, and the Taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus.- Isolation and Amino Acid Sequence of Proteinase Inhibitors from the Venoms of Hemachatus haemachatus and Naja nivea.- Complete Amino Acid Sequence of Snake Venom Phospholipase A2.- Recent Results on the Structure of Scorpion and Snake Toxins.- Chemical Synthesis of a Peptide with Cobrotoxin Activity.- Synthetic Studies of ?-Bungarotoxin.- V. Chemistry (Other Species).- Occurrence of Thr6-Bradykinin and Its Analogous Peptide in the Venom of Polistes rothneyi iwatai.- Vespula Kinins: New Carbohydrate-Containing Bradykinin Analogues.- Structure and Function of Ricin D.- The Amino Acid Sequence of the Staphylococcal Enterotoxins.- Production, Isolation, Chemistry, and Biological Properties of Penicillium roqueforti Toxin.- Structure of a Toxic Phospholipid in the Northern Blenny Roe.- Ambrosic Acid, a New Irritant Principle from the Pollen of the Ragweed Ambrosia arthemisiifolia.- VI. Pharmacology (Snakes and Scorpions).- Activity of Selected Sea Snake Venoms on the Isolated Nerve-Diaphragm Preparation.- A Fluorescent Study of the Neurotoxic Effect of Cobrotoxin on the Cholinergic Reaction of Acetylcholine with Synaptic Membranes.- Blocking Action of Snake Venom Neurotoxins at Receptor Sites to Putative Central Nervous System Transmitters.- Species Differences in Reversibility of Neuromuscular Blockade by Elapid and Sea Snake Neurotoxins.- Comparison of Actions of Cobra Cardiotoxin and Scorpion Toxin on the Chick Biventer Cervicis Muscle.- Enhancement of the Cobra Venom Direct Lytic Factor by Prostaglandins and Related Synergistic Phenomena on Pulmonary Microvascular Events.- Bacterial and Snake Venom Phospholipases: Enzymatic Probes in the Study of Structure and Function in Bioelectrically Excitable Tissues.- Pharmacological Studies of the Hemorrhagic Principles Isolated from the Venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis, a Crotalid.- Studies on the Mechanism of Action of Tityustoxin.- Pharmacological Blockade of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Effects Produced by Tityustoxin in the Rat.- VII. Pharmacology (Other Species).- Mode of Action and Specificity of Habrobracon Venom (Hymenoptera, Braconidae).- Effect of Hornet Venom on Crustacean Neuromuscular Junctions.- New Pharmacobiochemical Data on the Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Bee Venom.- Some Chemical and Pharmacological Studies on Two Venomous Jellyfish.- Glycine, Theophylline, and Antitoxin Effects on Rabbit Sphincter Pupillae Muscle Paralyzed by Tetanus Toxin.- The Effects of Tetanus Toxin on the Extensor and Flexor Muscles of the Hind Leg of the Cat.- Some Pharmacological Properties of Palythoatoxin Isolated from the Zoanthid, Palythoatuberculosa.- Pharmacological Studies on Surugatoxin, the Toxic Principle from Japanese Ivory Mollusk(Babylonia japonica).- VIII. Immunology.- Immunological Aspects of Venom of Sea Snakes from the Indo-Pacific.- Some News and Comments about a Rational and Efficient Antivenomous Serotherapy.- Immunological Properties of Two Proteins of Najanigricollis Venom.- Relationship between the Amount of Habu Toxoid Injected into the Monkey and the Resulting Antitoxin Titer in the Circulation.- IX. Clinical Aspects.- Epidemiological Study of Habu Bites on the Amani and Okinawa Islands of Japan.- Snake Bites in India.- Snake Venom Poisoning in the United States.- Unusual Complication of Snakebite: Hypopituitarism after Viper Bites.- Neostigmine in the Treatment of Elapidae Bites.- Renal Involvement in Snakebite.- Anticoagulation in Hemorrhagic Snake Venom Poisoning.- The Action of Tityus trinitatis Venom on the Canine Pancreas.- X. Miscellaneous.- Ecology and Distribution of Some Sea Snakes in Peninsular Malaysia.- Submicroscopic Organization of the Venom Gland of Vespa orientalis.- Tetrodotoxin: Rapid Release of a High Concentration from Skin of the Atlantic Puffer, Spheroides nephelus.- Histopathological Changes in the Liver of Fishes Resulting from Exposure to Dieldrin and Lindane.